Women's Studies Module
Community Service Learning ProjectDr. Lihua Wang
524 Holmes Hall
Phone: (617)- 373-4984
E-mail: l.wang@neu.edu
The Community Service Learning Project at Northeastern University is a free one-credit course adjunct for the Introduction to Women's Studies course.
Goals: This project is an educational activity that provides students with opportunities to bring your knowledge about feminist issues to the real world. Working with community based organizations and interacting with women on welfare will enrich students and provide depth to their class learning. The experience you will gain will be very valuable.This is a new experimental educational program in Women's studies that will involve:
- Hands on Learning
- Developing new skills such as event planning and preparation, peer counseling, organizing and communication
- Being a part of a positive community experience
- Experiencing the connection between academic studies and the working world
- Raising gender and social consciousness
Benefits to the Community: Since 2001, the total costs of our Service-Learning internships have been estimated to equal $28,000.
Internship Sites and Contact Information
The Women's Lunch Place is an organization created to provide food, friendship, and resources. Creating a community to serve women who are poor and homeless and their children. #617-267-1722 ext.29 http://www.womenslunchplace.org/
The Boston Living Center is a non-profit community and resource center dedicated to serving all people infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS. With more than 1,750 HIV positive members, it is the largest member-led organization for people with HIV in New England. For more information contact Alexia at 617-236-1012 (X227) or visit the website http://bostonlivingcenter.org
Boston Area Rape Crisis Center (BARCC) is a non-profit volunteer organization that relies on community and individual support to provide service and support to sexual assault survivors focusing on the need for social change towards attitudes that contribute to violence against women. For more information contact Shelly Nyen at 617-492-8306 (X25) or visit the website http://www.barcc.org/
Mass NARAL is a statewide, non-profit, grassroots organization whose mission is to develop and sustain a grassroots constituency that uses the political process to guarantee every woman the right to make personal decisions regarding the full range of reproductive choices, including preventing unintended pregnancy, bearing healthy children, and choosing safe, legal, accessible abortion. For more information contact Laurie Gutierrez at 617-556-8800 (X16) or visit our website at http://www.prochoicemass.org/.
Big Sister Association for Boston is a program that matches girls, between the ages of 7-15, living in Boston and 70 surrounding town, with carefully screened female volunteers who serve as their special friends and mentors. For more information go to: Big Sister or call: 617-236-8060
Rosie's Place provides a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity and find security in their lives and to make justice imaginable!
889 Harrison Ave Boston, MA 02118 Tel: 617-442-9322 Fax: 614442-7825 or visit the website at http://www.rosies.org/
Women in Community Service (WICS) New England: Please email: adoherty@nics.org, or call 617-423-1755
Alternatives to Marriage Project focuses on community building and renewal and family and parenting, GLBT issues, and Human rights and civil liberties. Located in New York City. Contact: Nicky Grist at 718-788-1911 or visit www.unmarried.org.
Learning Circles Mentor with Patriots Trail Girl Scout Council will help provide support to girls in their critical adolescent years. Groups of women and girls meet regularly to discuss lives and interests. Focus on women?s issues. Only females and adults can volunteer. Contact: Leah Peterson at 781-893-6113, X312, or lpeterson@ptgirlscouts.org
The Network/La Red seeks to end abuse in lesbian, bisexual and transgender women. Anyone can volunteer. Contact: Sabrina Santiago at 617-695-0877, safehome@thenetworklared.org or visit the website: http://www.thenetworklared.org/
The Gay Men's Domestic Violence Projectsupports victims and survivors who are gay, bisexual and transgender men through education, advocacy and direct services. Anyone can volunteer. Contact the Office at 617-354-6056 or the website: http://gmdvp.org/
Asian American Resource Workshop works for the empowerment of the Asian Pacific American community to achieve its full participation in the U.S. society. They are a member-based organization that seeks to document the diverse Asian Pacific American histories, experiences, and social conditions. Our resource and activities are used to respond to current Asian Pacific American issues and to promote Asian Pacific American identity. Contact: Eungan Lee (617) 426-5313 eglee@aarw.org or http://www.aarw.org/
Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women is an independent state agency, whose mission is to provide a permanent, effective voice for women across the Commonwealth. The commission stands for fundamental freedoms, basic human rights and the full enjoyment of life for all women throughout their lives. For more information, visit www.mass.gov/women. Contact: Jill Ashton (617) 626-6520 mcsw@state.ma.us or jill.ashton@state.ma.us.
Greater Boston NOW has a goal to take action to bring about equality for all women. NOW works to eliminate discrimination and harassment in the workplace, schools, the justice system, and all other sectors of society; secure abortion, birth control and reproductive rights for all women; end all forms of violence against women; eradicate racism, sexism and homophobia; and promote equality and justice in our society. Contact: Rebecca Russell-Fennell (617) 232-1017, boston_now_vol@hotmail.com or see the website: http://www.bostonnow.org/
The Jewish Women's Archive in Brookline is continuing to offer unpaid internships this year. More information see Jewish Women's Archive or call Jaymie Saks, Chief Operating Officer, at 617-232-2258, x220 and fax: 617-975-0109.
The Education Development Group is a non-profit organization that teaches Accelerated “English Plus” classes to immigrants to the Boston area. Students spend 10 weeks in intensive English classes teaching them the language skills and cultural awareness necessary to access educational and employment opportunities in the U.S. Located near the intersection of Massachusetts Ave and Columbus Ave. Contact: (617) 357-5717 or info@edginc.org.
Matahari: Eye of the Day is a non-profit organization made up of three major projects: the Trafficking Victims Outreach and Services Network, South Asian Solidarity Network, and the Global Women’s Cooperative. It works to end slavery, human trafficking, worker exploitation, family and sexual violence and other human rights abuses, especially working to protect immigrants rights. Located at 434 Massachusetts Ave. Visit www.eyeoftheday.org, or contact 617-448-0993 or caroljg@gmail.com for more information.
Jumpstart is an Americorps program working towards the day when every child enters school prepared to succeed. Jumpstart “Corps Members” make a one-year, 300 hour commitment to working with their “partner child.” Service is comprised of Jumpstart sessions at a local preschool twice a week (involving one-on-one, personal interaction with partner child), classroom assistance time (assisting in partner child’s classroom during regular classroom activities), team meetings, and individual preparation and reflection. Program also includes intensive training prior to any classroom service time. Jumpstart runs from September/October through April each year. Contact Northeastern’s Center of Community Service for more information (617-373-5809), and for more information see the Jumpstart website.
Partners for Youth with Disabilities is an organization committed to empowering young people with disabilities to reach their full potential for personal development. This is accomplished by providing high quality one-to-one and group mentoring programs where adult mentors with disabilities act as positive role models and provide support, understanding and guidance for youth as they strive to reach their personal, educational and career goals. In addition to its core one-to-one Mentor Match Program, PYD offers multiple innovative and effective group and educational programs that build skills in the areas of independent living, self-advocacy, entrepreneurship and career development and provide opportunities for socialization, leadership, community service, healthy living and participation in the arts. Visit www.pyd.org, or contact 617-556-4075 for more information.
The Playspace Program is a program run by Horizons for Homeless Children, an organization that helps children learn how to play, to share, to read, and to enjoy exploring their worlds. The Playspace Program aims to make healthy play possible for children living in shelters. Program workers design and build age-appropriate, “kid-friendly” spaces that come equipped with libraries, building blocks, art supplies and more – the all-important tools to challenge children physically and creatively and allow them to have a place to play, use their imaginations and be just who they are…kids. The program then recruits, trains, and places volunteers in the shelter Playspaces to supervise and engage the children in fun, educational play so that they can grow and develop, as all children should. Visit www.horizonsforhomelesschildren.org, or contact 1-800-560-7702 for more information.
The Greater Boston Food Bank is the largest hunger-relief organization in New England, and one of the largest food banks in the country. They distribute more than 25 million pounds of food annually to a network of more than 600 member hunger-relief agencies. Volunteers include students, seniors, businesspeople, church members and others who help to separate, sort, inspect and package food. Volunteer opportunities are available six days a week, with flexible hours, mornings, afternoons, and evenings. Visit www.gbfb.org, or contact 617-427-5200 or volunteer@gbfb.org for more information.
Banking On Our Future is a program developed by Operation Hope to execute a global delivery system for financial education for youth ages 9-18 at no cost to school districts, with a focus on urban, under-served communities. The courses are taught by volunteer HOPE Corps members who are trained to break down their knowledge of banking and credit into terms that youth can understand and utilize immediately. In addition to financial education, the students are left with a message of empowerment, a message of responsibility, and most important, a message of HOPE. For more information, visit www.operationhope.org, or contact Josi Chapman at 617-725-5940 or Josi.Chapman@OperationHope.org.
Other Volunteer Opportunities